diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindowlayout_p.h b/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindowlayout_p.h
index 9196e8b269d..394a052a091 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindowlayout_p.h
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets/qmainwindowlayout_p.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ QT_REQUIRE_CONFIG(mainwindow);
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-Q_DECLARE_EXPORTED_LOGGING_CATEGORY(lcQpaDockWidgets, Q_WIDGETS_EXPORT);
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(lcQpaDockWidgets);
 
 class QToolBar;
 class QRubberBand;
diff --git a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget/tst_qdockwidget.cpp b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget/tst_qdockwidget.cpp
index 6b1abac228e..2229f5da556 100644
--- a/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget/tst_qdockwidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/widgets/widgets/qdockwidget/tst_qdockwidget.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 #include <QtGui/QPainter>
 #include <QLabel>
 
+#ifdef QT_BUILD_INTERNAL
+QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(lcQpaDockWidgets, "qt.widgets.dockwidgets");
+QT_END_NAMESPACE
+#endif
+
 bool hasFeature(QDockWidget *dockwidget, QDockWidget::DockWidgetFeature feature)
 { return (dockwidget->features() & feature) == feature; }